by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Aug 15, 2014 | Monitor
Each year, foreign aid spending comes under fire during the budget negotiation process. Those in favor of cutting spending argue development and assistance programs are ineffective and the funds too often fall fuel corruption rather than work to eliminate it. As the...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jul 15, 2014 | Monitor
On July 8th, Secretary Kerry published an op-ed in Politico Magazine entitled, “Why Is the Senate Hobbling American Diplomacy?” 53 State Department nominations, 37 of which have already been confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, await confirmation by...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jul 9, 2014 | Monitor
Diplomacy, Development, and Furthering National Interests Full Size at Bottom of Post Public support for diplomacy and development programs is low. Without a clearly demonstrable link between foreign aid and national interests many see supporting progress...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jul 2, 2014 | Monitor
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation 2013 survey, the average estimate of the federal budget devoted to foreign aid is 28%. 61% of respondents believe the United States spends too much on foreign assistance and significant cuts are necessary. In reality foreign...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
A June 25th blog post by National Defense Magazine discussed comments made by panelists Deputy Secretary Higginbottom, Alex Thier of USAID, and Special Representative to the QDDR Tom Perriello, at ASP’s QDDR on the Hill event that a healthy budget and...